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Author Morgan Talty won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for a debut short story collection days after his wife gave…
Hokeah Was One of Two Writers of Native Heritage to Receive Book Prizes at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards…
(NEW YORK)— Twelve debut writers chosen for originality, craft and subject urgency were announced today as winners of the $2000…
Announcing this year’s cohort of Emerging Voices Fellows.
Join PEN America at the Miami Book Fair to discuss freedom of expression in the U.S. and around the world…
Ottessa Moshfegh will discuss the challenge of keeping up with online discourse at her opening night panel at PEN America’s…
PEN America is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards.
Given my devotion to sex, I followed Hemingway to the white continent, where, due to the dearth of places in…
The last two years have seen unmitigated attacks on LGBTQ+ content in public school libraries, with 26% of banned books…
